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Nov 29 2008, 03:17 PM |
It sounds a little like you are confusing pentatonic modes with modal pentatonics -
Pentatonic modes work the same as regular modes but have different names. For instance, yes, the formula for pentatonic is 13579 as you said. If you start from A minor pentatonic with ACDEG and move up one mode you will get CDEGA - the second mode of minor pentatonic is major pentatonic so you end up playing C Major Pentatonic. Modes 3,4 and 5 have no special names. This is different from Modal Pentatonics - Modal pentatonics are really a way to use the sparseness of the pentatonic scale to fit them in with other Major modes that they wouldn't normally be associated with, as Kjutte explained, and you do this by figuring out which pentatonic scales can fit in with which major modes. I assume you have seen my lesson on this? -------------------- Check out my Instructor profile
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Nov 29 2008, 04:45 PM |
It sounds a little like you are confusing pentatonic modes with modal pentatonics - Pentatonic modes work the same as regular modes but have different names. For instance, yes, the formula for pentatonic is 13579 as you said. If you start from A minor pentatonic with ACDEG and move up one mode you will get CDEGA - the second mode of minor pentatonic is major pentatonic so you end up playing C Major Pentatonic. Modes 3,4 and 5 have no special names. This is different from Modal Pentatonics - Modal pentatonics are really a way to use the sparseness of the pentatonic scale to fit them in with other Major modes that they wouldn't normally be associated with, as Kjutte explained, and you do this by figuring out which pentatonic scales can fit in with which major modes. I assume you have seen my lesson on this? I thought he wanted to know about David's stuff, as he used the term "modal pendatonics", which the lesson is also called. Either way, now it's all covered Thanks andrew |
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Nov 29 2008, 06:54 PM |
hey thanx guys actually u ere both right i got this question from Davids lesso but was connfused on both sides. Thanx for the clarification guys.
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